By Sheila Wayman, Photo: iStock, The Irish Times, May 4, 2022
The heartbreaking scenario of a seven-year-old boy and his nine-year-old sister fending for themselves while their mother was bound and placed in a wardrobe for four days was shared at a recent conference in Dublin.
Family and child psychotherapistJoy Winterbotham told their story, as reported by Kitty Hollandin this newspaper, to illustrate how children are being misdiagnosed with personality or behavioural disorders when in fact they are suffering from the effects of trauma.
Awareness about the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Aces for short, is gathering momentum in Ireland. Within the same week of that conference, not only was there another seminar looking at the impact of Aces on brain health ā with a focus on homelessness ā but also the top prize in the All-Ireland Community and Council Awards went to an organisation spreading the word at grassroots level.
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